HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

1. hmwk1.ps, hmwk1.pdf due 09/05/08.
2. hmwk2.ps, hmwk2.pdf due 09/12/08.
3. hmwk3.ps, hmwk3.pdf due 09/19/08.
4. hmwk4.ps, hmwk4.pdf due 09/26/08.
5. hmwk5.ps, hmwk5.pdf due 10/06/08.
6. hmwk6.ps, hmwk6.pdf due 10/13/08.
7. hmwk7.ps, hmwk7.pdf due 10/20/08.
8. hmwk8.ps, hmwk8.pdf due 10/31/08.
9. hmwk9.ps, hmwk9.pdf due 11/07/08.
10. hmwk10.ps, hmwk10.pdf due 11/17/08.
11. hmwk11.ps, hmwk11.pdf due 12/01/08.
12. hmwk12.ps, hmwk12.pdf due 12/08/08.

READINGS FROM THE TEXTBOOK (AND FROM OTHER REFERENCES)

• 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
• 2.1, 2.2
• 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
• parts of 2.8 (p.62 is on the resolvent, Theorem 2.11 is Abel-Jacobi... formula for the resolvent)
• 4.1, 4.2
• 4.4, 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.8 (4.7)
• 4.9, 4.10
• 6.6, 6.7
• parts of 2.8 again (p.63 on the monodromy matrix and Floquet multipliers...), 4.11
• 4.12
• 8.1, 8.4, 20.1 (Wiggins), 4.2 (Perko)
• 4.10 again, 7.3
• 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Syllabus
• ICON
• Textbook: Differential Dynamical Systems by James D. Meiss, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), Series: Monographs on Mathematical Modeling and Computation, 2007, 412 pages, Softcover, ISBN-10: 0898716357, ISBN-13: 978-0-898716-35-1, list price: $79.00 ($94.80 at the University bookstore). Table of contents; Preface; Index. The book on amazon.com. This book is $55.30 for SIAM members if you order through SIAM. Library reference: Engineering QA614.8 .M45 2007.
• Some notes and references on dynamical systems

MATLAB

• Free electronic textbook Numerical Computing with MATLAB by Cleve Moler himself!, the founder of Matlab.
• Matlab Help is available directly from the Help menu of the Matlab window.
• An excellent book on Matlab: MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications by Amos Gilat.
• A Very Elementary MATLAB Tutorial, MATLAB Tutorials from Other Universities, MATLAB & Simulink Tutorials, MATLAB Homework Helper, all presented by Mathworks, Inc., producers of Matlab.
• Crash Course in MATLAB by Tobin Driscoll, University of Delaware.
• Some Matlab tutorials from Edward Neuman
• Matlab tutorial - University of New Hampshire
• Matlab tutorial - University of British Columbia
• Matlab tutorial - University of Florida
• MATLAB Online Reference Documentation provides direct hypertext links to specific MATLAB function descriptions (from the Math Dept, University of Florida).
• Matlab Primer (ps) (for an earlier version of Matlab)
• Matlab 5 introduction (ps, see also html)
• MATLAB Guide by D. J. Higham and N. J. Higham, SIAM, Philadelphia, 2005 (ENGINEERING QA297 .H5217 2005)
• Introduction to Engineering Programming: in C, MATLAB and JAVA by Mark A. Austin.
• Matlab for first order ODEs
• Matlab for higher order ODEs and systems of ODEs
• Matlab for PDEs

MAPLE

• The Waterloo Maple website
• An introduction to Maple
• A short introduction to Maple (pdf) by Tom Branson.
• Maple V by Example
• Another Maple tutorial
• Another Maple overview

LINUX COMPUTER ACCOUNTS

• Linux computer accounts will be made available on the Linux network in MLH (computer lab rooms B5 and 301). You can also use the NoMachine NX Client Windows software to access your Linux computer account remotely.
• Selected Unix commands.
• Class directory: /group/class/m142. Group you belong to: m142.
• If you do not know your password go to 303A MLH.
• Accounts for students who are not majoring in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Statistics and Actuarial Science will be deleted after the term has ended! Note the expiration date at the top of your Unix Account Information form.
• The directory for this class will be removed before the beginning of the next term! If there is anything in this directory that you would like to save, you must archive it to your own home directory.
• Divisional Studio Classroom and HP Computer Lab
• Getting Started in the Division of Mathematical Sciences

TEACHING ASSISTANT

• Da Xu, e-mail: dxu@math.uiowa.edu. 325C MLH. Phone: 335-3769. Office hours (changed!): Tuesday 3:30-4:30.